Combined fish rod and reel.



L. J. WESTNESS. COMBINED EIsE Eon AND REEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 12, 1913.

` Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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L. J. WESTNSS. GOMBINED FISH Ron AND REEL.

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LOUIS J. WESTNESS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

To @ZZ wilma it man concern Be it known that I, Louis J. WEsTNEss, 'a citizen of the United States, and `resident of "Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Fish Rods and Reels, of which the following is` may be reversed by a `slight turn of the rod handle or the handle may be turned to an intermediate position to permit a free rotation of the reel spool in either direction.

A further object of the invention is to provide `a combined fish rod and reel in which the line is guided by a spooling device to wind the line in a novel manner on the reel to prevent aback lash in casting. l A further object` of the invention is to provide a novelmeans for transmitting a reciprocating movement into a continuous rotary movement which is particularly, although not solely," adapted for use in connection with iish line reels.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined 'fish rod and reel in which the reel spool be easily disengaged from the other` mechanism to permit the free rotation of the reel'spool in casting.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined fish rod and reel which is of simple construction, is strong and `durable and is well adapted for the purposel desired.

` lWith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the improved combined iish rod and reel and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views: Figure 1 is a side view j of the lower partof the improved combined fish rod andreel; Fig. 2

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 12, 1913.

COMBINED FISI-I ROD AND REEL.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

Serial No. 766,957. i l

isha similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereofon a larger scale; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the combined fish rod and reel taken on line 1 -4 of Fig. 3 showing the reciprocating mechanism in p0- sition to rotate the reel to wind up theline; Fig. 5 is a similar view thereof with the parts in position to pay loutthe line; Fig. 6 is a similar view thereof looking in the opposite direction of the parts in an intermediate position to permit the free rotation of the reel in either direction; Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the handle portion of the rod taken on line 7 7 of Fig. l; Fig. 8 is a similar view with a part in another position; Fig. 9 is a transverse sectionalview taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 7; Fig. 10 is a side view of a portion of the rod with a part of the reel brokenv away to show other parts in the rear thereof; Fig. 11 is a similar view thereof with the gear disengaged to permitthe spool of the reel to run free; Fig, 12 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 12-12 of Fig. l0; and Fig. 13 is a similar view taken on a line above the actuating mechanism.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 18 indicates the lower end portion of the improved combined fish rod and reel which is of tubular formation and is provided with a reel seat 19 and with a reciprocating handle 20. A reel frame 21 mounted on the reel seat and held in position by reel bands 22 which engage projecting portions of the said frame is provided with a fixed projecting spindle 23 upon which `a reel drum 24 is journaled. The inner end of the drum is provided with a cam disk 25 having its peripheral edges deflected laterally on dianietrically opposite edges to form cams 26 which are engaged by the shorter bifurcated arm 27 of a bell crank spooling lever 28. The lever 28 is pivoted to the outer end of a slidable bar 29 to provide for moving the lever into and out of engagement with the cam disk. The long arm 30 of thebell crank lever is provided with an eye 31 through which the line 82 passes and is guided back and forth to provide for each convolution crossing the previous convolution and being in turn crossed by the next succeeding coil to prevent the convolutions of one coil wedging in between the adjacent coils.

The inner end of the slidablebar 29 is pivoted to the projecting arm 33 of a controlling lever 34 which is pivoted on the outer face of the drive gear 35 and axially with relation to its shaft.

The drive gear 35 is provided with a projecting hub 36 which projects through and is journaled in the reel frame 2l and at its inner end is provided with a squared bore 37 into which enters the squared end of the drive shaft 38.

The. inner end of the contro-lling lever 34 carries an idle pinion 39 which is in constant mesh with the gear 35 and is normally in mesh with a reel gear 40 mounted on the sleeve 4l of the reel drum 24. A coiled spring 42 interposed between the arm and a projection 48 of the reel frame serves to normally swing the arm to a position so that its pinion will mesh with the reel drum gear. The outer end of the controlling` lever is provided with a iiattened or handle portion 44. which may be pressed by the thumb of the user when it is desired to disengage the gears and the spooling device in casting.

The drive shaft 38 extends through and is journaled in a frame 45 which is positioned within and fastened to the tubular end 18 of the rod. A reciprocating slotted member 46 positioned Within the iixed frame 45 carries aA slotted toothed plate 47 which is engaged by a pinion 48 mounted on the drive shaft 38. The elongated slot of the plate 47 is of greater width than the diameter of the pinion 48,6 and the inner opposite side edges of the portion of the plate forming the slot are cut to form opposite rack teeth 49 and 49 which alternately engage the pinion 48. The

toothed plate 47 is connected at its opposite ends to the reciprocating member 46 by double bell crank levers 50 which are fulcrumed on the reciprocating member and have theirmedial arms 5l pivoted to the toothed plate to move the said plate laterally by a rocking j aarallelogram movementof the bell crank levers. The projecting pin like portions 52 of the medial arms which form the connections with the said plate extend thm-Ugh segmental slots 53 ofthe reciprocating member. The reciprocating member is provided with an elongated slot 54 through which the drive shaft 38 extends to permit the reciprocating movement of said member.

The outer arms 55 of the bell crank levers are pivotally connected to pairs of rods 56 and 56 and the opposite ends 57 and 57 of one rod of each pair are bent at right angles to engagea rock member 58 which is posiioned within the lower end portion of the rod. The rods of each pair are fixed-ly connected together. The rock member is pivoted to a channeled plate 59 which is pivoted to the lower end of the reciprocating hand-le 20 a screw 6.0 permitting the handle to turn and the medial outer edge portion of ythe said reek- .Ifaember is provided with' projecting screw or knob 61 which extends necting rods extend and are held and reciprocated by the` said .member so that by rocking the member forwardly the connecting rod 56 will be engaged and held Aand when rocked rearwardly the connecting rod 56 will be engaged and held, and when the arm is held in an intermediate position the toothed plate will be mounted to an intermediate po-sition and disengaged from the drive shaft pinion.

To provide for conveniently adjusting the rock member the handle 26 is adapted to be given a partial turn in either direction and by means of the angularly disposd slot 63 and the projecting screw 6l the rock arm may be Vadjusted to either one of the three positions desired. The arm andthe handle are held in adjusted positions by the spring tongue 65, the free end of which is provided with a projecting tooth 66 which enters the longitudinal grooves 66 formed in the tubuj lar portion of the rod.

i'he toothed plate 47 is partlyl guidec against lateral movement by being interposed between the slotted plate 46 and a washer 67 mounted on the drive shaft 38.

In operation the handle is reciprocated back and forth to likewise move thereciproeating member and the toothed plate and as the toothed plate at the beginning of each stroke is moved laterally by thebell cranklevers and the connecting rods and the rock arm to alternately engage the opposite sides of the drive shaft pinion the said pinion will be driven continuously in the direction determin ed by the position ofthe rock arm. If it is desired to wind up the reel the rock arm' is pushed forwardlyby turning the handle to the right and the pair of connecting rods connected to the forward portion of the rock arm will control the movements of the double bell crank levers to move the teeth adjacent to said connecting rods into mesh with the pinion during the starting of the forward stroke and the opposite teeth during the starting of the return stroke. Assuming that the handle has been turned to the right and reciprocated back and forth in this position the toothed plate will be entirely controlled by the connecting rods engaged by the forward end of the rock arm and the bell crank levers will move the toothed plate laterally, alternately, in op* posite directions at the beginning of each j fesplocate'n so that the teeth of the appa `site sides of theplate will alternately engage` `opposite sidesgof the pinion and rotatesaid` pinion continuously in one direction to Wind up the line. Ifl the handle isfnovv turned tothe left theoppositeteeth Will engage the pinion during .the forward stroke and the reel will be rotated yin the opposite direction and by turning` the h'andle to an intermediate position both raclr'teetliV will clear the-pinion.

t In casting the controlling lever `is -de-l pressedto swing thel idle pinion out of mesh with thev reel gearand to slide the spooling device out of engagement with the cam disk to permit the free running of the spool.`

'While the means for changing the recip` rocating movement to a `rotative movement `has been described in connection with a rod` and reel it is to vbe understood that it is ap t plicable to other .uses and it is tol be under` i stood that the claims are tofbe so construed.y

From 'the foregoing 'description it Willl be seen that the `combinedV rod and reel is `Well adapted'ro-rthe purpose described.

What I claim as my invention is:

"1.,A device-*for changing reciprocating motion into rotary motion, comprising a re` ciprocating member,` a `rotary member, av `pinion connectedv with the 'rotary member, a `rack member having oppositely positioned `sets of rack teeth to engage `the pinion on M4to oppositeJ` sides thereof alternately by lat- 'eral movements of the rackmember, a pair of connecting means: for connecting'the rack member with thev reciprocating member,l

means for` rendering 'one connecting means or the other ineective, and means operated `the connecting means for moving the rackfmember laterally, the direction of lateral movement of the rack member produced by one connecting" means being opposite the direction lof movement produced `by the other connecting means, .whereby therotaify member may `be turned' in either direction.,

2. A means `for converting reciprocating motionV into rotary motion, comprising a reciprocating member, a rotary ,member, Ia

L pinion on the rotary member, a rack member having tvvo sets `ofrack teeth for engaging the pinion on opposite sides thereof, said rack member Abeing movable laterally to eect the engagement of one set of rack teeth or the other, a slide member, rockerk arms carried `by the slide member and connected to the rack member, a pair of connecting members connecting the, opposite ends ofthe rocker` arms with the recip'rocat` ling member, said rocker arms serving to move tlie'raclr member laterally to eiiect a diiierent engagement of the pinion with the4 rackv member in diiferent `directions of mov`e-,4 `ment of the reciprocating member, the di-` f rection of'lateral movement of the rack member produced by 'one connectingmember being opposite to the direction of movey,ment of` the rack member produced kbythe `other rcoiiiiecting member',` and means for 'rendering one connecting rmember or the other ineffective, i

3. Al combined rod and reel, comprising a, rod member,` a reciprocating handle thereon, a reel mounted on the rod member, atransmission mechanism forv changing the reciprocalmovement/of` theliandle to a con- .-tinuous rotary movement of the reel, a pair of connectors between the handle and the transmission mechanism, one for producing rotary movement of the reel in one direction y and the other for producingI rotary movement "of the reel in the other direction, and,

means for lconnecting the handle With either of the' connectors for changing thedirection 1, of rotation of thereel.

il;v A combined rod andreeh `comprising a rod member, a reciprocating handle thereon, a reel mounted on'the rod member, a transmission mechanism for changing the-"reciprocating y movement` of the y handle :to fa con- 'y tinuousrotary movement ofthe' reel, a` pair otconnectors between the handle and the transmission mechanism, one 4for producing rotary movementy of [thepreel in one direction,` andv the other for "producin rotary movement of the reel in the other irection,

and` means actuated bya. rotary movement,

of the handle forconnecting thelliandle with eithenof the connectors Orchanging the direction of rotation of the-reel.

5. A combined rod and reel, comprising a 4,tubular rod member, areciprocating handle thereomla -reel mounted on the rod member,

`a pinion `Within the rod member having connection With the reel, a laterally movable rack member "having oppositely positioned .raclrteeth to alternately'engage the pinion,

meansfor moving the rack member laterally to engage eitherseries of rack teeth with the pinion, a pair of connecting members con- `necyting the handle with the means for movingthe rack `member laterally, and means controlled by a rotary movement of the handle for renderingeither of the connecting ineans ineffective. v

i6. A combined rod and reel, comprising a tubular rod member, a reciprocating handle thereon, a reel mounted on the rod member, av Iguide member slidably mounted Within the rod, Aa rack member mounted on the guide'pmember and having oppositely positioned lrack teeth to engage With the opposite sides of the pinion, rocker arms mounted onthe guide member and connected with the:v rack member for moving the rack member laterally to engage'the rack @teeth on either side` of the pinion, a pair of connecting means connecting the rocker varms with the handle, land means controlled by a turning movement of 'the handle for rendering either of theconnecting means ineii'ective. t

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7. Aceinbined rod and reel, comprising aj' tubular rod vportion'provided with a recipro# cating handle, a reel journaled on the iod portion, a spooling device actuated by the reel, a reciprocating mechanism Within the tubular portion of the rod and Comprising in part a laterally movable slotted plate having teeth formed on its opposite inner edges, said .mechanism also` including" areciprocating Vmember provided With bell crank vlevers to 4which the slottedr platefis pivotally connected, a pinion positioned to be alternately engaged on opposite sides by the teeth of the plate ftoh rotate the pinion continuously in oneV direction, means forreleasably connecting the pinion totheieel and'for disconnecting the spooling device from the reel, a rock member carried by the handle and having 'a projecting vportion which entends throughy 'an elongated slot angularly disposed in the handle, and rods connecting the bellcranks to the rock arm.

8. A" combined rod and reel, comprising a tubular rod portion provided `with a recipro-A cating and turnable handle,- a Vreel journaled on the rod portioma spooling device actuated by' theV reel-` `a reciprocating mechanism 'v'vithin the tubular portion of therod and comprising in part a laterally movable slotted plate having teeth formed on its opposite inner edges, said mechanism also including al reciprocating member provided with bell crank levers tov Awhich the slotted y pl-ate is pivotally connected, a pinion positioned tol be alternately engaged on opposite lsides by the teeth of the plate to rotate the pinion continuously in one direction, *means for releasably connecting they pinion to the "reel and for disconnecting the spooling de- 'vice from the reel, a rock member Vcarried by the handle and having a projecting porv(Jopies this patent` may be obtained for VVitiiesse's `tion Whichv extends through an elongated slot angularly disposed'in the handle, and

Vrods connecting the bellcranks tothe rock arm. l

j Y9. Means forl changing a reciprocating movement to a rotary movement, comprising a reciprocating member, levers carried thereby, a laterally movableplate connected to the levers and having'rack teeth formed on opposite portions, a pinionpositioned to be t 10. Means `iter chai'iging` a. reciprocating movement to a rotary movement, comprising 'a reciprocating member provided Vwith `an elongated slot, bell crank Sievers pivoted to opposite end portions ofv the. said member, a

laterally movableslottedplate pivoted at opposite portions to Aone of the arms off each lever, and havingV rackfteethkformed'on the opposite inner edge portions'otheplate, a

inga pinion positioned tobe .alternately engaged on opposite sides bythe rack teeth, rods 4connecting the bell crankjlevers together and positioned on opposite endfporpositively engaging the rodsfon 4either end ofthe belli crank leversxtochange the direction of rotation of the pinion, andjineans for reeiprocatingtlie rock n'ieinber;y 1

vshaft extendinfy through theslots aindhavtions vor the bell cranks, Va ioclememberV for ln testinionyrivhereof, I ,affix my signa- 1 ture, in presence4 of tivo Witnesses.

C. H. Kenner, f' y KATHERINE Hour.'

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